BMW i8 ends production with final 18 units leaving Leipzig factory.

The last 18 BMW i8 cars left the Leipzig factory in Germany.

Over the past six years BMW i8 produced a total of 20,500 cars, and this final production run of 18 cars represents 18 different paint colours.

Looking back at its debut in 2014, the BMW i8 was the German automaker’s first plug-in hybrid vehicle. The i8 has an 11.6 kWh battery with an NEDC-rated all-electric range of 50 km and is also equipped with a 1.5L engine, delivering a maximum combined output of 374 horsepower. The final i8 was produced in 2020.

Following the discontinuation of the BMW i8, the Leipzig factory will continue to produce the BMW i3.

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